294 words come out when you unscramble VARIATIONS, starting with VARIATIONS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. VARIATION and AVIATIONS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from VARIATIONS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 23 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 23 7-letter words you get when you unscramble VARIATIONS, 13 score 10 points, the group's best. VISITOR, VARIANT and OVARIAN are the ones most people know.
20 of 58 6-letter words from VARIATIONS tie at 9 points; none scores more. VISION, STRAIN and TRAINS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from VARIATIONS, the top score is 8, reached by 32. VISIT, VISTA and INTRO are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in VARIATIONS, 29 score 7 points, the group's best. ARTS, ANTI and IRON are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with VARIATIONS letters; 17 of them share the top score of 6. NOT, ITS and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of VARIATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with VA · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
What VARIATIONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
VARIATIONS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARIATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 220 | 292 | 202 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
73 of the 294 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IVORIST, NAIVIST, VIRINOS, AVANTI, SATNAV, TRAVIS, VARANS, VIRINO, VORANT, OVIST, RIVAS, TAVAS and 61 more. 17 of the 294 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VANITAS, VARIAS, ATONIAS, NAVS, ROTINIS, VINS, ATONIA, NAIRAS, NAV, RAITAS, ROTINI, VIN and 5 more. 1 of the 294 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON. 1 of the 294 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
This word takes every letter of VARIATIONS plus a single extra one.